3700 miles, and just got into a car accident
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3700 miles, and just got into a car accident
If anyone is from NYC, it was around the southern state. My question is this: does the TL come with a type of black box that records/monitors what the vehicle is doing (such as engine rpm, brake pressure, etc).
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Originally Posted by lsgoksel
If anyone is from NYC, it was around the southern state. My question is this: does the TL come with a type of black box that records/monitors what the vehicle is doing (such as engine rpm, brake pressure, etc).
Check out this thread. You can also do a search for terms like "accident" or "recorder".
Sorry to hear about your accident, I hope it works out ok for you.
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I thought the unit only keeps the last 15 driving seconds of data so if you drive the car for more than 15 seconds after the accident, your data is overwritten with new data. If a registered accident (airbag deployment) happens, it keeps the data to the point of deployment and a fraction of a second after from what I heard.
I heard that is what happens but I cannot verify it.
I heard that is what happens but I cannot verify it.
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What exactly happened?
The EDR (Event Data Recorder) to my knowledge is recording in a constant loop, and stops upon airbag deployment - recording the last few seconds (10-15) before the deployment. Unless your accident involved another car and/or someone was seriously injured, I doubt the EDR will be used either way.
The EDR (Event Data Recorder) to my knowledge is recording in a constant loop, and stops upon airbag deployment - recording the last few seconds (10-15) before the deployment. Unless your accident involved another car and/or someone was seriously injured, I doubt the EDR will be used either way.
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i was sitting in traffic and got rearended, threw me into a tailspin. because this was a multicar accident i want to show them i was standing still by showing a constant idling engine rpm.
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It is used in court for some states.
Did you drive the car after the accident? Did the airbags deploy?
If the airbags deployed, get a lawyer to have the dealer download the EDR data so it may be used as evidence in a case if the guy that rear ended you lies.
If your bags did not deploy and you have driven the car, I think your data is gone.
Did you drive the car after the accident? Did the airbags deploy?
If the airbags deployed, get a lawyer to have the dealer download the EDR data so it may be used as evidence in a case if the guy that rear ended you lies.
If your bags did not deploy and you have driven the car, I think your data is gone.
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Originally Posted by lsgoksel
i was sitting in traffic and got rearended, threw me into a tailspin. because this was a multicar accident i want to show them i was standing still by showing a constant idling engine rpm.
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Originally Posted by lsgoksel
If anyone is from NYC, it was around the southern state. My question is this: does the TL come with a type of black box that records/monitors what the vehicle is doing (such as engine rpm, brake pressure, etc).
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The insurance company for the car in the back will ask you which way did your head whip first (back or forward) and which way did it whip on the second impact (back or forward). If you say forward on first impact and then back on the second impact then you hit the guy in front and then was rear ended. If you say the other way then you were rear ended first and then hit the guy in front. The insurance company will probably ask you this while recording to try to make you responsible for the damage to all forward vehicles. They tried to do that to my wife but our lawyer put a stop to the trap questions they were trying to set her up with.
So remember, Back first and then forward.
So remember, Back first and then forward.
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guys, thanks for your feedback, here is what happend:
stood in traffic, person FIRST rear ended, put me in tailspin, same person hit my front cause she was also in a tailspin.
stood in traffic, person FIRST rear ended, put me in tailspin, same person hit my front cause she was also in a tailspin.
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